Locomotive drinking-water cooler.



No. 642,!94. Patented Jan. 30, i900.

cfA. BARRETT. LUCUMOTIVE DRINKING WATER COOLER.

(Application filed July 1, 1899.]

(,No Model.)

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Uiviinu STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES AUGUSTUS BARRETT, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

LOCUMOTIVE DRlNKlNG-WATER COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,194, dated January 30, 1900.

Application filed July 1, 1899. Serial No. 722,511. (No model.)

To all 1072/0722 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES AUGUSTUS BARRETT,5LCitlZe11 of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton, State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locomotive Drinkingater Coolers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in locomotive drinking-water coolers to be used upon the water-tank of the tender.

lleretofore the practice has been to use the water directly from the tank of the engine for drinking purposes; but this has been found to be very unsatisfactory, owing to the warm and unhealthy condition thereof. The additional expense and space consumed in placing a cooler of the ordinary type upon the engines has prevented the railroads from adopting the use of them.

It is the object of this invention to provide a cooler which will cost practically nothing to maintain and will be in a convenient and out-obthc-way place.

13y observation it has been found that the air-space above the level of the water in the tank of the tender of a locomotive is much cooler than the temperature of the water itself. This difference is found to vary from to It is due to this difference in temperature that I attain the results which will be hereinafter more fully described.

In order that my said invention may be more fully understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 shows the cooling vessel in position upon the tender of the locomotive. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the vessel removed from the tank. Fig. 3 shows a detail view, enlarged, of a flanged rubber tube which passes through the side of the vessel and tank, to which the faucet is attached. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the cover of the vessel, and Fig. 5 shows a bracket for supporting the vessel within the tank.

D represents the cooler, which may be of any desired shape and dimensions to suit varying requirements.

B shows the cover, which fits into the neck F of the vessel.

0 is the faucet from which the water is drawn, and A shows the flanged rubber tube or gasket, which passes through the tank of the tender and into the side of the cooler, thereby forming a water-tight connection to thefaucet, which is attached to the flanged end of the tube. E shows a bracket used in supporting said collar within the tank.

In placing the cooler in position in the tank of thetender the neck F is passed up through a hole in the top of the tank, which it snugly fits, and the hole in the coolerinto which the tube A fits is made to register with the corresponding hole in the side of the tank. The tube A is then forced into the said openings, and the faucet O is forced into the flanged end thereof, causing it to expand and make a tight joint. The supporting-bracket E is then secured in position.

While this invention is adapted to be used without the aid of ice, it is obvious that ice may be used, if so desired.

While I have shown the device as applied to one particular position upon the tender, it

is obvious that the same may be appliedto any desired position and that the shape thereof may be varied at will without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent of the United States, is

1. In a water-cooler for locomotives, the combination with the water-tank; of a vessel adapted to be placed within said tank, pro vided with a cover removable from the out side of said tank, and a water-tight connection from the bottom of said tank, consisting of a flanged rubber tube extending through a hole through the vessel and tank, and a faucet, forced into the flanged end of said tube, substantially as described.

2. In a water-cooler for locomotives, the 

